Science Fiction fans will be quick to notice the blatant similarities between this origin story and that of the infamous shape-shifting alien in The Thing. Their ship had originally crashed thousands of years prior and were trapped under thousands of feet of solid ice. They were thawed as our planet's ice caps melted. ![]() As we come to learn in the final act of Tomorrow War, the White Spikes never landed 30 years into the future. One of the most enjoyable homages was the nod to John Carpenter's The Thing. But to keep the comparison under 10 pages, we'll stop there.Īlien Ship from the Past. We could also make mention of how the White Spikes move in hordes like ants pouring out of a disturbed ant hill, very much like Xenomorphs cascade over obstacles as well. We could go into detail and dissect even how the White Spikes use their tentacle-like tails to skewer enemies, like the Xenomorph uses its tail. The designs of the White Spikes themselves are rather unique but the female does feature an alternative head crest, mimicking a crown shape, very much like the large Xenomorph Queen head crest which helps distinguish her from ordinary Xenomorphs (besides the obvious size difference of course). ![]() Almost identical to the Xenomorph drones / warriors and how they react and protect the Xenomorph Queen. In Tomorrow War, the majority of White Spikes are male and they furiously defend and listen to their female leaders. But, there is no denying their very familiar relationship to the iconic Xenomorph from the Alien franchise - specifically James Cameron's sequel Aliens. As science fiction fanatics, these are precisely the mercilessly grotesque and terrifyingly badass aliens we've come to expect from modern cinema. The alien creatures in Tomorrow War are pretty awesome, we can't lie. While Edge of Tomorrow was more of a modern take on Groundhog Day, Tomorrow War instead sends batches of personnel forward and backwards in time spanning 1 week rather than 1 day. ![]() Much like Edge of Tomorrow, Tomorrow War utilizes a faulty plot device of sending people into the future and back into the past as a means of better understanding the alien enemy and to find a solution that can be employed in present day to prevent mankind from ever falling. Chris Pratt, our lead man in the film is designated for reconnaissance in an attempt to find a method of eradicating the White Spikes once and for all, since conventional warfare tactics are failing to do any significant damage. As a result, through some conveniently yet conceivably impossible concepts, people in present day are drafted for a 1 week trip 30 years into the future where they either aid in combating the alien threat known as White Spikes or aid in reconnaissance. The film's premise sees Mankind on the brink of extinction due to an imposing alien threat which has wiped out all but half a million people off the face of the Earth. This article is not a review of Tomorrow War but more so a comparison of the many ways it draws inspiration from previous sci-fi epics. The Chris Pratt led science fiction alien invasion film Tomorrow War is one hell of a fun thrill ride but it's blatantly obvious that the film's concepts borrow heavily from John Carpenter's The Thing, Ridley Scott's Prometheus / Alien lore and incorporates a similar time travel approach to alien warfare from the Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt film Edge of Tomorrow. !The following article contains SPOILERS for the sci-fi action thriller Tomorrow War!
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